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The 15-limit tonality diamond has the following notes:

1/1
9/8
5/4
11/8
3/2
13/8
7/4
15/8
16/9
1/1
10/9
11/9
4/3
13/9
14/9
5/3
8/5
9/5
1/1
11/10
6/5
13/10
7/5
3/2
16/11
18/11
20/11
1/1
12/11
13/11
14/11
15/11
4/3
3/2
5/3
11/6
1/1
13/12
7/6
5/4
16/13
18/13
20/13
22/13
24/13
1/1
14/13
15/13
8/7
9/7
10/7
11/7
12/7
13/7
1/1
15/14
16/15
6/5
4/3
22/15
8/5
26/15
28/15
1/1

Symmetry group


The symmetry group of the 15-limit tonality diamond has 24 elements. The following are its generators:
  • Transformation R: 3:2, 5:4, 7:4, 11:8, 13:8 -> 4:3, 5:3, 14:9, 11:9, 13:9
  • Transformation S: 3:2, 5:4, 7:4, 11:8, 13:8 -> 3:2, 5:4, 11:8, 7:4, 13:8
  • Transformation S': 3:2, 5:4, 7:4, 11:8, 13:8 -> 3:2, 5:4, 7:4, 13:8, 11:8
  • Transformation T: 3:2, 5:4, 7:4, 11:8, 13:8 -> 4:3, 8:5, 8:7, 16:11, 16:13

These generators have the relations R² = S² = T² = S'² = I, (SS')³ = I, RS = SR, RS' = S'R, and T commutes with the three other generators. Thus the symmetry group is isomorphic to S₃ × C₂².

Orbits and Invariant Subsets

The Hendrix diamond is invariant under action by R, S' and T, and the images of the action of S and S² on the Hendrix diamond are the 11-Hendrix diamond and 13-Hendrix diamond respectively.

Two other interesting invariant subsets are the 5-limit tonality diamond and the tonality diamond constructed from the harmonics 1, 3, 5, 9 and 15.